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At Stance, our purpose of improving lives by design not only includes patients, their family and caregivers, it also includes improving the lives of those in our local community and around the world. From sponsorships to clothing drives, below are the organizations Stance was proud to support in 2022:

Cambridge Shelter
Food Bank of Waterloo Region

Hockey Helps the Homeless

Hydrating Humanity

Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth

House of Friendship

Make-A-Wish Canada

Movember

OneRoof

Steve Smith Family Foundation

Toy Mountain

In the spirit of giving, Stance Healthcare's annual toy drive was record-breaking.

Staff had the opportunity to donate new unwrapped toys and/or participate in fundraising activities that helped raise funds to purchase toys for children and teens. This year, Stance donated a record-setting 110+ toys for the CTV Toy Mountain Campaign.

Dan Perkins, Production Manager, and Lisa Morawiecki, Production Supervisor, along with other Stance employees, are seen here contributing to Toy Mountain on the local evening news https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2587407&jwsource=cl

Toy Mountain supports The Salvation Army to help make holiday dreams come true by ensuring every child has something to unwrap this holiday season.

For the third year in a row, a few brave mo-growers at Stance agreed to grow a ‘mo in support of men’s mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. Together, through direct donations from our friends, family, and partners, as well as mustache-themed fundraising activities at our head office, we were able to raise $2177. Moreover, since 2020, we have raised a grand total of $9778. Thank you to everyone who has made a donation and/or participated in our Movember fund-raising activities.   

Stance mo-growers week-by-week.

In the spirit of giving, it’s a tradition at Stance Healthcare to collect donations for the annual Toy Mountain Campaign.

This year staff had the option to donate toys or participate in several different raffles to raise funds for toy purchases. Arlene, a talented member of the Stance team donated carrot cakes, a glorified gingerbread house, and two festive centerpieces to the raffle. These ticket purchases raised over $1000 and allowed us the opportunity to purchase 50+ toys for kids of all ages.  Between staff donations and toy purchases, we were able to donate 70+ toys.

A special thank you to TBS Transportation Ltd for delivering the toys to the Salvation Army, who will distribute them to families in the community who are struggling this season.

For the second year in a row, a few brave men (+ one lady) at Stance Healthcare agreed to grow a 'mo, bringing awareness and raising funds for men's health projects.

Our fundraising efforts included mustache-themed games in the office and reaching out to our network of friends, families, and suppliers. At the end of November, the men were able to enjoy a clean shave and feel good that they helped double our fundraising efforts from last year, raising over $5,500 for health projects focused on mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.

Our food & fund drive for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region was a big success! Employees collected 157lbs of food and donated $780, which was matched by Stance Healthcare for a total of $1560. Through this initiative, we were able to provide 4800 meals to local families who need it most.  

The Food Bank of Waterloo Region is a community-based organization striving to build effective partnerships within Waterloo Region. They work collaboratively with community programs and agency partners, as part of the Community Food Assistance Network, to provide food and other vital supports to people in need.

There was no way we were going to let COVID-19 get in the way of our Annual Toy Drive! In previous years staff would bring in their donations to the office for delivery to Toy Mountain. However, this year we had to do things a bit different. Instead, we held a number of raffles for staff whose ticket purchases allowed us to raise $1075 and purchase 70+ toys online. The toys were delivered directly to our local Salvation Army.  We also want to give a special thanks to Heritage Group for their Amazon gift card donation that allowed us to top off our toy donations with a few extras!

In support of Movember, a leading charity changing the face of men’s health on a global scale, seven brave men at Stance Healthcare agreed to forgo their regular shaving routines. Our fundraising efforts included mustache themed games in the office and reaching out to our network of friends, families, and suppliers. At the end of November, the men were able to enjoy a clean shave and feel good that they helped raise $2,400 for health projects focused on mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.

Last month office staff were challenged to log the most hours of physical activity to win funds that would be donated to their charity of choice. The friendly fitness challenge had 20 staff members log over 18,560 hours of physical activity. Although a friendly competition, there were a few heated debates over what qualified as physical activity. Does golfing really count if you’re riding around in a golf cart? In the end, the event was a big success, and $7,500 was distributed among 6 different charitable organizations as selected by the fitness challenge winners:

$2,500 – Heart & Stroke Foundation
$1500 – Lisaard & Innisfree Hospice
$1000 – Hockey Helps the Homeless
$750 – Jack.org
$750 – The Cancer Vanquish
$750 – Sick Kids Foundation